City of Pembroke to participate in Mayors' Christmas Motorcade

The City of Pembroke will be doing its part to make the holiday season special for residents of Georgia’s hospitals serving persons with developmental disabilities and behavioral health needs.

For 54 years, cities across Georgia have brought the joy of the holiday season to patients at Georgia’s seven regional behavioral health hospitals through the Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade.

The program, begun by the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA) in cooperation with Governor Ernest Vandiver, relies on citizen participation in each city to donate gifts for the patients, many of who would not receive gifts or be recognized without the Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade. According to hospital staff, many of the patients at these hospitals have lived there most of their lives and have little, if any support or contact with friends or family.

Donated items from the City of Pembroke will be delivered to Georgia Regional Hospital-Savannah on December 5. Civic organizations, businesses, churches, schools, scout troops, and individual citizens are encouraged to help with the collection of gifts for the Mayors’ Christmas Motorcade.

Based in Atlanta, GMA is a voluntary, non-profit organization that provides legislative advocacy, educational, employee benefit and technical consulting services to its 512 member cities.